Ewan McGregor Quotes

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
Ewan McGregor

Love, Children, Woman

I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber.
Ewan McGregor

Dance, Weekend, Activity

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.
Ewan McGregor

Proud, Scottish, Fiercely

I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.
Ewan McGregor

Real, Light, Moment

If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place.
Ewan McGregor

Life, Time, Place

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.
Ewan McGregor

Play, Big, Head

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
Ewan McGregor

Work, Children, Parents

As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.
Ewan McGregor

Love, Sex, Child

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.
Ewan McGregor

School, Acting, Again

Conservative's the last thing I am.
Ewan McGregor

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
Ewan McGregor

School, Acting, Year

I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.
Ewan McGregor

Great, Leave, London

I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.
Ewan McGregor

Through, Start, Year

I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.
Ewan McGregor

Long, Before, Leave

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
Ewan McGregor

Love, Hard, Find

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.
Ewan McGregor

Work, Parents, Through

I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.
Ewan McGregor

Music, School, Through

I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.
Ewan McGregor

Done, Remember, Few

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.
Ewan McGregor

Mind, Made, Old

I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.
Ewan McGregor

Good, Important, Making

I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.
Ewan McGregor

Strong, Political, Guy

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.
Ewan McGregor

Great, Business, Fun

I've done nudity in lots of things before. It's something that's never particularly bothered me.
Ewan McGregor

Done, Before, Lots

I've never been one who agonizes over my work.
Ewan McGregor

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
Ewan McGregor

Stuff, Played, Bands

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Actor

Born: March 31, 1971

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